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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2008
Kyle Albert Sandahl, Dover, NH (US);
Douglas Joseph Dawley, Dover, NH (US);
Kyle Albert Sandahl, Dover, NH (US);
Douglas Joseph Dawley, Dover, NH (US);
Goss International Americas, Inc, Durham, NH (US);
Abstract
A printing press folder is provided. The folder includes a cutting pair cutting a web at a cutting location to form signatures, a pair of transport cylinders forming a first nip and a pair of acceleration cylinders forming a second nip. The pair of transport cylinders receives the signatures downstream of the cutting pair at the first nip and transports the signatures away from the cutting pair. The first nip is separated from the cutting location by a first distance. The pair of acceleration cylinders receives the signatures from the pair of transport cylinders at the second nip and transports the signatures away from the pair of transport cylinders. The second nip is separated from the first nip by a second distance. The pair of transport cylinders is movable with respect to the pair of acceleration cylinders and the pair of acceleration cylinders is movable with respect to the pair of transport cylinder so the first distance and the second distance are selectively variable. A signature transport section and a method of transporting signatures of varying lengths in a printing press are also provided.